NVSGJrD!

I got the conversion bushings today, and put in the repro Kluson tuners. They fit very nicely. The Schallers have messed up the headstock quite a bit, but I don't really care. The guitar is "a player's guitar" as they say (I guess that really means it is a turd, but it plays like buttah!), so I don't mind the rough look. I might try to do a slight color touch-up around the tuner shafts, but I'm not going to mess with the laquer in any way.

In the pic you can also see how somebody has cut two slots for the B string, one way too close to the high E!

The vintage style tuners complete the looks of the guitar, and although they are brand new they don't really stand out that much. I like the guitar more every day.

I didn't notice until later, but I pricked my finger in the strings so there's blood on two of the tuning shafts and strings...

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Well now that you've bled on it, it is truly your guitar.
Sacrifices you make, man I'm impressed.
Players guitar for sure, clean it up nice but dont sweat the little cosmetics; thats the real players wear some folks pay big bucks for fake / relicing.
LIke fake boobs. I guess they are ok but the real thing is always better.
 
I often wonder when looking at some of my more "battle scared" guitars -- what the story is -- you KNOW behind every DEEP gouge and scar-- there was a story --minor or major----a story non the less..........
 
eSGEe said:
I often wonder when looking at some of my more "battle scared" guitars -- what the story is -- you KNOW behind every DEEP gouge and scar-- there was a story --minor or major----a story non the less..........
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I was actually thinking of contacting the seller to hear if he knew anything of the history of the guitar or the previous owner(s).
 
Looks perfect with those tuners, imho - if they work well too and the guitar stays in tune then it's all golden.

I really like the played in look of the guitar; I'd rather have an olden guitar like that than one in perfect condition to keep in a case.
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Looks perfect with those tuners, imho - if they work well too and the guitar stays in tune then it's all golden.

I really like the played in look of the guitar; I'd rather have an olden guitar like that than one in perfect condition to keep in a case.
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At least I'm not afraid to play it! And it stays in tune very well.

I partly blame you for the acquisition; Your high praise for the SG junior made me lust (even more than I already did) for one myself. And when I found this one and realized there was no reason to keep hanging on to the Faded Special and Future Tribute (they were lovely guitars, but they deserved to be played, and I nerver really did), I pulled the trigger. I got lucky and found buyers for both guitars within an hour of posting them for sale, so I managed to get the money to buy the junior really quickly. It all happened so fast I didn't really understand I had bought it until a couple of days later...

It just keeps on growing on me. It sounds SO nice and fat. The single P90 can do almost anything I need. the tone control is really responsive, and can make the guitar scream with treble or sing sweet woman tone lullabies at your command. really, the only thing I need that it doesn't do is the mid-position Peter Green tone.

I have found it excellent for playing standard tuning slide as well. This surprised me somewhat. Like with all my standard tuning guitars, I have set the action fairly low. But I still seem to be able to play slide on it without fretting out any of the notes. I don't really understand why it feels better to play slide on this one than on for instance my goldtop Les Paul, but it does...
 
Great to hear, Gahr.

&, I concur that these SG juniors are really something else. They seem so simple and you'd think they are limited, but you can do so much (playing bass style on mine at the moment, and you get get a great thumping bellow from the bottom two strings - a lot of fun). It's amazing how well they hold tune, no locking tuners of flash bridge needed, and the intonation is very easy to play around wherever you are on the neck. I reckon when you wrap around the bridge you'll get an even fatter sound that you'll really like - that'll also change the tension and bring your attack into focus which a player with your skills will really enjoy (I suspect the extra travel and looser tension takes a bit of the Junior's bite away).

Yours has bucket loads of personality, so it's gonna grow on you more and more.

Now, have you seen the pics of that 2019 SG Special in Pelham Blue over at the other place? One guy has his already and posted 3 or 4 pics - it looks amazing although it probably doesn't have the thump and bite of the Junior. Hmmm, these simple SGs are soooo sexy that it gets my mind wondering...

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Mr Grumpy said:
Great to hear, Gahr.

&, I concur that these SG juniors are really something else. They seem so simple and you'd think they are limited, but you can do so much (playing bass style on mine at the moment, and you get get a great thumping bellow from the bottom two strings - a lot of fun). It's amazing how well they hold tune, no locking tuners of flash bridge needed, and the intonation is very easy to play around wherever you are on the neck. I reckon when you wrap around the bridge you'll get an even fatter sound that you'll really like - that'll also change the tension and bring your attack into focus which a player with your skills will really enjoy (I suspect the extra travel and looser tension takes a bit of the Junior's bite away).

Yours has bucket loads of personality, so it's gonna grow on you more and more.

Now, have you seen the pics of that 2019 SG Special in Pelham Blue over at the other place? One guy has his already and posted 3 or 4 pics - it looks amazing although it probably doesn't have the thump and bite of the Junior. Hmmm, these simple SGs are soooo sexy that it gets my mind wondering...

iu
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Yeah, I saw the pics. Lovely guitar. Interesting also that the pickups are moved closer towards the neck on the 2019 Special than on the early '60s models according to the guy. I would guess it makes for a slightly rounder sound.
 
If possible, I would really like to see more pics of your SG Junior. Pics of the control cavity. Various pics of the backside of the guitar like the body, the neck/heel joint, the neck, and headstock. And a nice detailed closeup of the fretboard and frets where the most wear is.... :fingersx:
 
eSGEe said:
you cant work but YOU CAN PLAY!!!!!


I prefer beat battered and war tested--- "pristine" vintage guitars give me serious heebee geebee's --- Im afraid to TOUCH them much less play them -------and at the prices for PRISTINE -- they can KEEP em-- call me after you drop it and bash it up a bit!!! lol
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Perhaps he doesn't play guitar with his feet?
 
syscokid said:
If possible, I would really like to see more pics of your SG Junior. Pics of the control cavity. Various pics of the backside of the guitar like the body, the neck/heel joint, the neck, and headstock. And a nice detailed closeup of the fretboard and frets where the most wear is.... :fingersx:
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Your wish is my command!

Frontal shot:
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Back:
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Checking on the back:
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Bevels are still quite deep, but not as deep as on a '61:
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The damage around the jack:
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New repro Kluson tuners and checking on the back of the neck:
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Divots, particularly the third fret. Nice, dark rosewood:
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Frets worn flat:
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Cavity shot:
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500K pots. Code 1376519, i.e. CTS pot made in the 19th week of 1965.:
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Oh man..that is really special..im digging the vintage style tuners too..thats what it needed..as for what the other bushings did, it just adds character man..def. not a turd, but a beautiful guitar.

again, Congrats..!!!..
 
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